Southend High School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Southend-on-Sea
11+ scores · 2026 entry
| CSSE minimum score for any offer | 303 |
From Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE) · a pass mark doesn't guarantee a place
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026: Not published · From Southend-on-Sea City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southend High School for Girls is a secondary school in Southend-on-Sea for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 2 July 2024. Southend-on-Sea has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Southend High School for Girls catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 271 first-choice applications for 217 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer, the 5th highest of 12 Southend-on-Sea secondary schools.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, 677 of the 943 applications (72%) came from families living outside Southend-on-Sea, and 136 offers went to them.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry, the 11+ minimum score for any offer was 303 (standardised score).
- 2024/25: 99% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southend-on-Sea schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4UZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Pupils on roll
- 1,312 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 2 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish and excel at Southend High School for Girls.”
- “Pupils eagerly take part in stimulating and engaging lessons that light a fire for learning.”
- “Pupils develop a rich body of knowledge and achieve very highly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 99% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 75 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 271 first-preference applications, 217 offers in total, 161 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southend-on-Sea.
- Southchurch High School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cecil Jones Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Shoeburyness High School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernard's High School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southend High School for Boys 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chase High School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More High School 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published